Status Match with Skyteam

Thanks, Bert. This could be big for plenty of readers. It appears that Flying Blue is doing a status match to its current program level in another program. My status with Skyteam is zero, so this could help me as well if somebody can get all the particulars about a Skyteam membership.

Readers: What bennies will we get if we gain an increased status with Flying Blue? What might my United Airlines 1K frequent flier miles be comped to with Flying Blue, and how will that help me when flying Delta Airlines domestically?

Here is the link. Thanks again, Bert!

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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card

The Sapphire Preferred offers 2x points on dining and travel, and no foreign transaction fees, making this the go-to card for travelers.

This card accumulates Ultimate Rewards points, which are very valuable for transfer to United and Hyatt. Overall, this card is a great choice for maximizing earnings on dining, travel, and every day spend.

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2X points on travel and dining at restaurants & 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases

No foreign transaction fees, plus Chip and Signature enabled for international travel.

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Was this the big offer you hinted at or is there another shoe – from another CC company?

Mark & CarolynSilent seniors with big travel plans.

Ed

Thanks, Rick!

Scored another 50K points! Well, I've got my work cut out for me now to get that 10K spend going. Oh, well…it's be fun juggling all of the spend requirements I've got going, each with their own time limits.

Is Big Crumbs for AMEX Gift cards still a good way to go?

Abhishek Jha

Does this mean that if I already have the Premiers gold card I am ineligible>

ArizonaGuy

Was this the "big offer" you recently teased or is that still to come?

Afraid I'll have to pass on this, regrettably. $10K in 4 months is just too much at the moment since I'm hard at work acquiring another BA 2-for-1 voucher from Chase right now. And I expect to have to quickly spend $1000 on Capital One shortly.

FrugalTravelGuy

This is NOT the big offer I was hoping for. The big offer I was informed about has been canceled and will not happen at this time. I'll tell you all I can about what happened next week but for now it is over before it started

doonya

one question: coins????

Anonymous

The Ts&Cs state that existing OPEN Gold card customers are not eligible – to me that reads existing Gold business accounts, not personal ones.

Anonymous

Keep in mind kids you can do MINT COINS fine with AMEX and with the 30% bonus from DELTA or even the 50% one from DELTA you can turn the 50k into at least 65k with them!

Sumanth

does it really need 2 years of business history as in the application page?

mojonisa

Thanks Rick for this timely post. I applied last year for this offer and it came through nicely. Today, thanks to you, my mother got the card approved and will hopefully get the points.

This is why your blog is best for mile junkies like us.

Anonymous

Sumanth no you don't need 2 years business history. From what I understand AMEX does not require that this card only be issued to a business. You can register as a Sole Proprietor. It's late so hope you see this.

doonya

okay–hope this helps anyone here: I have TWO Personal Gold Cards (premier rewards and Gold)…last card I applied for was the Capital One Venture deal (approved) and scores are in the 900's (truecredit)…I applied earlier this afternoon (5pm PST) and was APPROVED!!

Anonymous

The link still works and says "today" which is March 19th now. Wonder if it would still go through???

kim r

I think this link is going to last for a while longer… When I called Amex they said the deadline was 12/31, not 3/18.

Anonymous

Do you lose your MR points if you cancel the card? Can they be transferred to either AA or Delta SM?

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